Earthbound (40 page)

The only way onto it is up that abandoned
loading platform I saw last time, which is now rolled up against
the space carrier or whatever it is. I see the platform is actually
one of those electric staircases, and it’s working! Someone’s
getting on board. Not people though. It’s robots. Robots are just
riding right up that platform. Thousands of Mankins and Bions are
loading into that carrier.

Maybe they think we’re dead and are heading
back to wherever they came from. Maybe they know Shādo Shay is dead
and they’re giving up. Maybe they’re going off into outer space.
Who knows?

We wait. Seems like a long time. There’s a
long line of robots that just keeps goin’.

“There’s so many of them!” Becca gasps.

“Yes ma’am,” I reply.

“Wow. I’m impressed you’re still alive!”

We all laugh as loudly as we think we
should.

Finally those effing robots are loaded up and
the door to the carrier is closing up. The loading platform
separates from the ship and whatever’s powering it shuts off. The
electric stairs slow to a stop and look lifeless again. The engine
of the space carrier switches on. It’s deafening. We all hold our
ears, and then each other, as the wind from the turbine whips us
all around. Thankfully the carrier lurches forward. It picks up
speed. Lifts off the ground and rips into the sky. Never seen
anything that fast!

Pace is crying. Yeah, whatever. What, never
seen a spaceship fly before?

We step safely out onto the tarmac, not sure
exactly what to do next. We’ve got no food, no water, no supplies,
no horses, not even an electric car. And it’s too dangerous to show
our faces pretty much anywhere across the Great Plains. But hey, we
finally got the girl.

We start walking east. Here we are, a modern
day Lewis and Clark and Sacaga-whats-her-name, setting out to
discover, I dunno, whatever the eff it was they discovered.

Asher, Pace and Becca will return in Earthbound: Book
Two…

Adam Lewinson is a novelist by night and television
executive by day.  His experiences at movie studios and cable
networks have fueled his passion for compelling storytelling. 
A graduate of the American Film Institute, he's written for film
and television. As executive in charge of production, he has
overseen Emmy award winning and popular series.  His love of
Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi and Westerns has resulted in his first
published novel
Earthbound
.  Adam lives in Southern
California with his wife and two children.

Book Two of the
Earthbound
series will feature
the continuing adventures of Asher and Pace and their search for
their place in a world that seemingly has no place for them. Join
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